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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser of McHenry,
4who passed away on August 15, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Delores Corser was born in Waukegan to Leo W. and
6Erna A. Corser (Zahn) on March 26, 1934; she was an
7accomplished athlete in her youth, excelling at every sport in
8which she participated; she graduated from Waukegan High School
9in 1952 and was the pitcher on a number of fast-pitch softball
10teams during her high school and post-high school years in the
111950s and 1960s; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Delores Corser took a position in the accounting
13department at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago; she retired
14in the late 1980s after working at Abbott for 35 years; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Delores Corser lived on the banks of the Fox River
16in McHenry for almost 40 years; she purchased her first house
17with her dear friend, Juanita "Wink" Nohava (Dill) in the
181970s; she moved to The Villas in 2009; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Delores Corser was a highly skilled bowler and a
20key member of all the teams on which she bowled; her teams won
21dozens of tournaments and trophies throughout the midwest in

 

 

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1the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s; she also was an avid amateur
2golfer all her life; she was proud of the 115-yard hole-in-one
3she hit with her seven iron on May 31, 1999 at the Boone Creek
4Golf Club; she was always ready to take her family, friends,
5and other guests on a "cruise on the Fox" in the boat she kept
6moored at the dock right out the back door of her house; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Delores Corser was preceded in death by her
8parents and her older sister, Jacqueline Joanne Corser Barker;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, Delores Corser is survived by her niece, Joanne
11Csukor; her nephews, John Barker and Jeff Barker; many
12great-nephews and great-nieces in Illinois and Wisconsin; and
13numerous friends throughout Lake County and the entire
14Chicagoland area; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
17Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser, and extend our sincere condolences
18to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be
19it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the family of Delores Corser as an expression of
22our deepest sympathy.